Recruitment Form

Rationale for the study
Despite existing evidence-based practice guidelines for the management of biliary Acute Pancreatitis (AP), clinical compliance with recommendations is poor. Studies on this field have identified major discrepancies between evidence-based recommendations and daily clinical practice.
It is believed by many that clinical guidelines would help to decrease inappropriate variation in practice, that they provide a rational basis for referral, and that they would help to reduce uncertainty in the management of some conditions. Clinical guidelines also provide a basis for continuing medical education, and can improve control of healthcare costs. However, the value of national and/or international guidelines is very much dependent on a strategy for their implementation.
The most commonly reported gaps between clinical practice and guidelines on AP include the indications for CT scan, need and timing of artificial nutritional support, indications for antibiotics, and surgical/endoscopic management of biliary AP.
The MANCTRA-1 can identify a number of areas for quality improvement that will require new implementation strategies. Our aim is to summarize main areas of sub-optimal care due to the lack of compliance with current guidelines, to provide the basis for introducing a number of bundles in the management of AP patients to be implemented during the next years.

Complete this form to register you Center. The Local Lead and two Collaborators from each Center will be listed as Co-authors in the final publications.

Regards

The MANCTRA-1 Study steering committee: Mauro Podda, Chiara Gerardi, Federico Coccolini, Salomone Di Saverio, Gianluca Pellino, Francesco Pata, Benedetto Ielpo, Francesco Virdis, Dimitrios Damaskos, Stavros Gourgiotis, Gaetano Poillucci, Daniela Pacella, Kumar Jayant, Ferdinando Agresta, Massimo Sartelli, Ari Leppaniemi, Fausto Catena, Yoram Kluger, Adolfo Pisanu.

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